Tuesday the 13th of December, 2005
Next-Generation Web Site Creation Tool Relies on Overseas Contractors for Development
AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 13 /PRNewswire/—Could outsourcing to overseas contractors actually be good for small U.S. businesses? Absolutely, says 24- year-old Chad Sakonchick, founder and project manager of Posima (http://www.posima.com), a Web-based service that allows small organizations to easily create and maintain their own interactive Web sites.
So what does that have to do with outsourcing? In creating Posima, Sakonchick outsourced all design and programming functions. The move allowed him to access world-class freelancers to get Posima up and running quickly—at a fraction of the cost of hiring a U.S. -based team.
With the help of Indian programmer Arup Bhanja and top U.K. Web designer Steve P. Sharpe, Sakonchick’s vision for Posima has become a reality. The first Web-based content management system of its kind, Posima requires no special software and enables even novice Web-users the ability to build highly professional sites with unlimited multimedia content, interactive forms, mailing lists and more. Users can choose from and customize a variety of templates and styles, and the Posima interface is highly user-friendly, making for a short learning curve. Unlike most other professional Web site creation tools, Posima requires no knowledge of CSS, XHTML or any other programming language.
“Posima was created to build simple, interactive and professional sites,” Sakonchick explained. “Our goal is to help the novice user claim his or her space on the Web.”
Posima outshines its competitors in another key area: cost. The service costs just $35 monthly, with no contracts or hidden fees, including hosting. Users can choose to add free domain name registration and renewal to their Posima service at no extra charge, for as long as they are with Posima. Posima users can also now integrate PayPal into their sites—enabling them to transform their sites into ecommerce enterprises.
Sakonchick, a graduate of the University of Texas radio and film school’s convergent media program, describes himself as “fairly tech-savvy” and knows the capabilities of current Web technologies but admits he is neither a programmer nor a designer. For that reason, Sakonchick credits his overseas contractors with the existence of Posima.
“Thanks to an abundance of outstanding designers and programmers around the world, I was able to hand-pick those who offered exactly the right skill sets at the right price,” said Sakonchick. “If Posima isn’t an example of outsourcing benefiting small American businesses, I don’t know what is.”
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